World Book Day events on 3 March 2011

A host of activities will be held all over the country to celebrate World Book Day 2011. For further details of all the below events and many more, visit www.worldbookday.com.

- Children's animation 'Eleanor's Secret' will be shown in special screenings in Bath, London, York, Exeter, Stratford and Liverpool. Visit the website for more details of screen times and prices.

- Primary School children in Wales will be performing the Revolting Rhymes after working with poets and drama students to write and perform their own takes on the Road Dahl classics. Wales Millennium Centre – 1pm (029 2063 6464).

The children's film Eleanor's Secret will be shown across the UK

- Dr Jonathan Faiers, author and book-buyer for the V & A, gives a lecture: ‘Book Buying in the 21st Century’. V& A Reading Rooms (020 7942 2696 – Booking essential)

- Birmingham is holding a 'Human Library' event where visitors can meet 'people on loan', a group of people who differ widely in age, sex and cultural diversity. Birmingham Central Library. (07876 295 039)

- The Irish Writer's Centre celebrates World Book Day with events including a free creative writing session led by Andrew McEneff, lunchtime poetry readings with acclaimed poets, and a screening of James Joyce’s The Dead – Dublin (01-8721302).

- Shoreditch Library will be displaying popular books written in languages spoken by the ethnic minority community from around the area. Shoreditch Library, 9-5pm (020 8356 4350)

- Cambridge Scholar Claire Norman gives a lecture about libraries at Hackney Central Library, followed by ‘The Boscars’ book awards, with open mic recitals and readings. Hackney Central Library (020 8356 2542)

- Norway’s best-selling crime author Gunaar Staalesen visits Willesden Green Library, 7-9pm (020 8937 3400)

- Nottingham Library is holding a Big Book Swap to celebrate World Book Day. Nottingham Central Library, 12pm-2pm. (0115 915 2828)

- A creative story festival, The Big Write, starts at the Discover Story Centre on World Book Day (3-13 March), welcoming Michael Rosen and Rastamouse creator Michael de Souza, among others. Stratford (020 8536 5555).

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- The shared reading event ‘Our Read’ will be held; 50,000 free copies of ‘The Unforgotten Coat’ by award-winning author Frank Cottrell will be distributed across the UK. To find out where, visit the Our Read website.

- The Roald Dahl museum is holding an after-school party for children and families to join in with games, story-telling and crafts. Buckinghamshire, 3.30-5pm. (01494 892192)

- The Scottish Book Trust will run a ‘Meet Eoin Colfer’ event, with the Artemis Fowl author broadcast live over the internet (11am).






Source:  telegraph.co.uk